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Install Composer v5

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Install Composer v5

This section provides instructions for performing a clean installation of Composer in your operating environment and is applicable for both RPM (CentOS, RHEL) and Ubuntu environments.

Upgrade and Migration Considerations

  • Before installing or upgrading to any Composer 5.9.x version, please read Composer 5.9.x Installation and Upgrade Process for Multiple Context Paths.

  • If you are upgrading to a newer version of Composer and you also want to change your encryption mode, perform the upgrade first and complete the steps described in Changing the Encryption Mode.

  • Manually upgrading Composer no longer provides the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) needed for Composer to start. Make sure you have Java 11.0.5 or later installed before you manually install or manually upgrade to Composer 5.8 or later. If you do not, Composer will not start.

  • Due to the upgrade of the HashiCorp Consul (service discovery) version from 0.7.5 to 1.2.2, custom connectors built before Zoomdata 3.2 ( built for versions 3.1 or earlier versions) will not appear after you migrate to Zoomdata 3.7 (or later) or to Composer 5 (or later). This is caused by incompatibilities between old connectors and the new Consul. To make your custom connectors compatible with Zoomdata 3.7 (or later) and Composer 5 (or later), you must migrate the connectors as described in Custom Connector Migration.

    This migration step is required only for custom connectors built with Zoomdata versions earlier than 3.2 or for connectors that were present before Zoomdata 3.2 but that are now deprecated (for example, the Hive on Tez connector, which was replaced by the Hive connector in Zoomdata 3.7).

  • Zoomdata version 3.2 (or later) and Composer 5 (or later) versions use headless Google Chrome instead of Firefox for the Screenshot microservice. See Setting Up the Screenshot Microservice.

For information about the difference between a clean installation of Composer and an upgrade to the latest GA release, see Clean Installation and Upgrade Differences.

In generally, the installation process is automated and you only need to run an installation script. The installation script is implemented using Bootstrap. This script accesses a dedicated Composer repository and automatically downloads all the necessary components to install your Composer microservice.

You can install Composer without using the automated installation script. This lets you install and enable each Composer microservices manually in your target server. If you need an alternative option, read Alternative Installation Options.

After the installation has completed, you need to activate the Composer microservices, download and configure a JDBC driver if you are using specific data sources (see Post-Installation Options for a list), and open a browser window and enter the specific IP address to access the Composer client.

Review and complete (as appropriate for your installation) the following installation information:

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